bickster Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Nicho said: This has already gone to 209 seats up for Labour, -343 for Tories. Yes, the tracker on the Guardian is constantly updated. I think that big jump from when Blandy posted it to now is the +14 Labour got in Monmouthshire which has taken a Tory Council to No Overall Control with Labour being the largest Party. Monmouthshire is Tory Farmer central. Thats a huge result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted May 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2022 Amazing how all those left wing media outlets have framed it as not too bad throughout the day. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Imagine if the 'they're all as bad as each other' crowd had gone out and voted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Amazing how all those left wing media outlets have framed it as not too bad throughout the day. She's actually overcompensating for earlier the Tories have only currently lost 344 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Just now on the news “there wasn’t a seismic shift against conservatives so Boris Johnson is safe for now” How the **** is this not a seismic shift? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 So what is the cause of the difference between the two biggest news providers in the BBC and Sky and the figures that the Guardian are showing? What are they reporting differently and why and why is nobody pulling them up on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted May 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2022 Lutfur Rahman re-elected as mayor of Tower Hamlets. That's like Derek Hatton or Joe Anderson being re-elected in Liverpool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: So what is the cause of the difference between the two biggest news providers in the BBC and Sky and the figures that the Guardian are showing? What are they reporting differently and why and why is nobody pulling them up on it? I am intrigued too, it’s clearly not an error after all these hours. There’s a reason for it, but who knows what? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: So what is the cause of the difference between the two biggest news providers in the BBC and Sky and the figures that the Guardian are showing? What are they reporting differently and why and why is nobody pulling them up on it? Isn't it just that the Guardian is giving priority to the total, whereas BBC and Sky are breaking it down to England, Scotland Wales and NI (and, of course, pushing the England results front and centre)? They still don't quite match up but I assumed that was just as the Beeb are so bloody slow Edited May 6, 2022 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Davkaus said: Isn't it just that the Guardian is giving priority to the total, whereas BBC and Sky are breaking it down to England, Scotland Wales and NI (and, of course, pushing the England results front and centre)? They still don't quite match up but I assumed that was just as the Beeb are so bloody slow Nope, it’s not that. They were wildly wrong this morning with only English results in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 30 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: So what is the cause of the difference between the two biggest news providers in the BBC and Sky and the figures that the Guardian are showing? What are they reporting differently and why and why is nobody pulling them up on it? The Guardian has a updating counter, the BBC internet posted stats as they stood at 1 pm. Their main page has the current figures. People are comparing a blog post made 6 hours ago with a current status ticker. The BBC also has the latest results https://www.bbc.co.uk/news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Just taking a closer look Guardian: Labour total seats: 2653 Labour gained seats: 224 BBC: Labour total seats: 2794 Labour gained seats: 136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Just now, blandy said: The Guardian has a updating counter, the BBC internet posted stats as they stood at 1 pm. Their main page has the current figures. People are comparing a blog post made 6 hours ago with a current status ticker. The BBC also has the latest results https://www.bbc.co.uk/news The numbers there look right. The gains aren't accurate though, if you click through to each region. I can only imagine there's some poor sod with an abacus updating the counts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Just taking a closer look Guardian: Labour total seats: 2653 Labour gained seats: 224 BBC: Labour total seats: 2794 Labour gained seats: 136 Is that from the same number of counts e.g. the second one could be Labour increased their number but the Tories closed the gap a bit? If that makes sense, I'm so confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: The numbers there look right. The gains aren't accurate though, if you click through to each region. I can only imagine there's some poor sod with an abacus updating the counts. Yeah, someone’s done a copy and paste and not updated one part of a page, at the bbc. A different page looks right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Won’t lie, I’m venturing into numberwang territory with these contrasting figures. 455 across the UK? Edit - just read minus 352 for the baby eaters now. Edit again - now minus 386. Edited May 6, 2022 by Mark Albrighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: My daughter who lives in Wandsworth is delighted to be recognised as a left winger (She hasn't lived there that long) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2022 46 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Won’t lie, I’m venturing into numberwang territory with these contrasting figures. 455 across the UK? Another one overcompensating for the utterly silly numbers they've been quoting all day The St Albans result, whilst the council was already a LibDem one, the Tories lost 19 of the 23 seats they had (now only have 4 seats remaining there). That's an absolute shoeing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 These are remarkably bad results given that that the Tories had already lost a bunch of the marginal councillors at the previous round of local elections. They've now got less than half as many seats as Labour, and the Lib Dems aren't *that* far behind them. It very much seems the public doesn't find Boris funny any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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